. I _ • - • Ilifeatimr Forecasts 16 XVVUS II •It. Sc4th Africa Most Cloudy, ' \ to , • — , seik\o4l9+ 4 Cold ' ',V,O). 42. No. 77 .OLD MAN WIFTER hit the campus and the progressed. slippery conditions were the cause stale yesterday With more than three inches of of many falls and at least five automobile acd snow. E'en while workmen cleared the walks dents in the county. Additional snow is possible and paths, snow 'continued to fall. As the day for tomorrow night. Foster Promotes U.S. Nuclear Tests WASHINGTON (A) The U.S. disarmament , chief said yesterday new information on the 1961 viet atomic tests shows the Reds, with another test series, might pass : the West in the nuclear arms race' unless. the West tests too.:. The disarmament agency - di rector, William C. Foster, •ex pressed particular misgivings that the Soviets might come up first with a missile able to shoot down attacking intercontinental - mid. THE DEVELOPMENT of such an anti-intercontinental ballistic missile by the • Soviets ..with a comparable Western advance could, in the opinion of 'many Western 'strategists } greatly' alter the power balance in favor of the Communists.-, Foster's statement highlighted a day of, continuing . controversy over the nuclear test issue _which OSGA Hears Ferguson Recommend Master Plan for Higher Education Students should attempt to educate the people,in Pennsyl vania of the need for a mas ter plan for higher education, T. Reed Ferguson, director of University relations, said last night at the winter session of the -Orgazuz." titian of Student Govern ment. Associations. h This • will do- more, good than writing to the legislators for a larg er appropriation" Ferguson said. • "Students should instead ask their 'legislators to work for a master plan to solve - the problems .of higher education in the state." "The ; chance:l of Penn State getting the $24 million appropria tion. request are very slum, ' he said.. MART DEMOCRATIC legisla tors are torn between.their loyal ' ty to the: University and their loyalty to the Governor who wants to go out of office with a balancedhudget, Ferguson added. On Januaky 3. Governor David L. Lawrence recommended e_42o million U appropriation for the ni versity m: accordance with his balanced budget. However, Ferguson said that the T.Jniversity j has been trying to gainsupport by - inviting county . state officials to dedication ceremonies of men's residence hall units, which are officially named for Pennsylvania counties. These' ceremonies give officials a chance-.to _become) acqUainted UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY iO. 1962 saw these other developments: •Russia—The Soviets remained silent on Thursday's proposal by President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmil lan for a three-power foreign min isters-meeting on halting the nu clear -weapons contest. At the same time Moscow roundly cri ticized the United States and Il e rltl for their moves toward g testing in the atmos phere. OFrance-,The De Gaulle gov ernment announced it would not join in the U.S.-,British appeal for a foreign ministers meeting. And it said the 18-nation general dis armament conference starting in Geneva March 14, in which France is a listed participant, shows lit tle promise of. bringing about "a positive contribution to the prob lem of disarmament." -The French have long main tained that true disarmament with the University and its facili ties, he said. Many legislators have been in vited. to home football games to give . them a chance to "look around," Ferguson added. • 'WE ALSO TRY to keep legis lators informed by sending them news that will' give theta a more complete picture of the Univer sity," he said. Ferguson said that he' is a "card carrying" lobbyist for the University and that he does lob bying work in Harrisburg. When qtiestioned about the pos sibility of a , tuition increase next fall, he said, "President Walker is most reluctant to raise tuition next year and from where I'm sitting I don't see that this as an immediate threat." Ferguson said that as far as the question of Penn State being. a state university be agreed with President Walker's interpretation that it is a state owned university but not state controlled. Dag's Ciash Explained [ .SALISBURG, South - Rhodesia.i cAP)—A Rhodesian government', commission yesterday blamed pilot` errors for the plane crash at! Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, that' killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag, Hammarskjold arid 16 other per-! 'sons Sept. 20. The federal commission ruled out any possibility that the plane; was shot down or sabotaged.. l" FOR A REITER PENN STATE would come not through a halt to testing nuclear devices, but through a ban on the weapons themselves and the means to de liver them. •Japan--As expected, the Jap anese government said it would protest to. Washington if the Unit ed States resumes atmospheric testing. Kennedy has said he has not made a final decision to do so but has indicated he will give a go-ahead. order shortly. Mishap Delays Erie Delegation 1 _ The OSGA delegation from Berhend campus in Erie smashed into. a snow bank while driving down Rockton Mountain near Clearfield,on their way to Univer sity Park yesterday afternoon. Members of the Dußois delega; tio who stopped at the scene of the accident, said that the car skidded on the snowy road causing damage to the car but not injuring any of the passengers. Ernest E. Frye:, assistant pro fessor of psychology was reportly driving the car. The car was towed into Clearfield for repairs, mem ben of the Dußois deieiationi Said. OSGA held its, first meeting of its winter session last night .and will hold = its final session this morning in the Hetzel Union Building. State Edutation Plan Explained .By ANN PALMER vide in part, a solution, to this.ported his opinion, with facts - The Pennsylvania Department problem he said. 'as they will.that showed the Commonwrolthr of Public instruction 'iscurrently. offer 'low cost ededucation'oppor- , to be ]aging behind many -m atey developing a master plan WI. 'unities in areas heavilv ponu- , in educational achievements. ilated i by prospective stuctents." systematize and improve educa ll 1 "Statistics from 1984) show that tion in the state, Charles . Boehm:; He 'said that the state .is work-; 34 per cent of. -the chi:dren,-in director of Public Instruction, said; Thursday. • Boehm told student editors 111 a 'Harrisburg press conference that details of the master plan' will probably not be released' until April. "Even then details will have to be reblised corn gradually because the plin is large that it would not be corn prenhensible in its entirity," h said. j In answer to a question abou t 'about what the state is doing to provide a college education for students who have ability but ilack means, Boehm outlined the first third of state's develop ing master plain.., = • . • Community Colleges will .. . Hays Fund Sen . . Jo Hays, 1)-Centre, said last night he wou'd support on amendment sponsored by Sen. Harold E. 'nick which W l Ould:ridd $2 l / 2 mitlion dollars to the University's appropria. . tion. "I will support Sen. Flack's amendment if, whcin the time mes. I feel it is the best way I get more money for Penn State. -hall,' in any case, make evety ort to see that the University is as;much money as possible," ys said. .. . 1 31ack, a Republican, announced ; ,e ursday that he would collabor a with Sen. Arthur E. Kromer ' intfoducing an amendment a ding $2 l / 2 million to Gov. David L Lawfence's recommended Uni versity] allocation of $2O million. The University has requested an appropriation of $24 million. ! "Sen. Flack has said he would , introduce the bill for increased funds on Tuesday. This is im-' pessible," Hays said, "because the Senates Appropriations Commit tee, does not meet until Tuesday to discuss: the allocation and Sen. r t rick 'is not a member of this mmittee." ' - IThe :Senate will discuss Penn State's 7 appropriation after it is debated -in the - Appropriation iCommittet. A hill amending the location may he made by any is natoc en the floor of the Senate lor in the Appropriations Commit teei by a committee member. Hays ;LS a member of the committee. "I 4'll know If Sen., Flack is ;planning to have snmeone intto !cluce an amendment in the corn- Snowstorm Hits State; Colder Weather to Fo The heaviest snow storm since afternoon , and aecuinuiations by arlylanuary hampered land andlevening were generally between it travel in Central Pennsylyanialthrec and six inches: , esterOay and last night. The State; Southeastern Tenrsylyania was olicA, attributed five accidentsl n Centre County to the storm. Roads throughout the county l eret ,snow covered early last fight, ; but the State Highway De- the hardest hiti area' of the state. A new surge of arctic air over spread the state} late last night and colder •weathee is Indicated for 'today and tomorrow, partment said all road-elearinit l A storm that moved inland on equipment was in use and allithe California • coast may bring roads 'should be plowed by early more snow to this area tomorrow . tod a 7•, inight or Monday. (The'snow began in southwestern Today should be mostly cloocly, Pennsylvania around dawn yes-,windy and colder with a few brief terday and spread north and reast-:.mow flurries. A high of 27 degrees ,ward rapidly reaching the locallis expected. . 1 'area around mid-morning and thei Clearing ani:C much colder tern ',Philadelphia area by noon. 'peratures are indicated for tonight The snow became heavy atkind a low of 12 degrees is likely. times in the eastern and central; Increasing cloudiness and cold ,sectiops of the 'state during the weather is forecast for tomorrow. - - ria ing an the problem of how to.r - ennsY'yenta rural areas termie get people who have b een ra i se d,naied their education with the l to an "anti-education" environ-lninth grade. in considering Perm• ment ready for a college educe-tsylvallia ak a whole. we caluclata tion. - ,t at it wilt take until 1972 for our •• " when a person comes from a, students to reach the aversive frar o it ability recorded in Utah in bad environment, his attitude to-1 ;ward.' education. must be Changed; - ,Boehm also s aid ; that the aver. before he will be ready for any grade ability of a non-white ;school. We feel this academic student ;adaptation shank , tak n plaeel stuclent in Ohio k Ono year ahead of the average white student in [before a child even cute s gradei Ptnnsylvania. !school and we are working on a' . !pre-school remedial pr t gram; •He mentioned. but did not Blab-• which w-aski affect children three orate on two other, areas of edur and four years of age,;' het said. ;cational development that wilt be [included in a state master: plan: BOEHM WAS emphatic about state and private cOP.eges and unl the need for a better education; versifies, that educate graduate iset-up in Pennsylvania and sup-las well as undergraduate students.- Hike mittee • for him, but II think lie plans to introduce it an the floor of the Senate. If 1 take any steps to increase funds in the commit tee I wilt-haVe to be sure of having the votes necessary to pass it. Once a man has voted negatively for proposal, it is hard to get to change his mind and intrb ducing a bill that fails in, the corn mittee might lessen the chances that it would be passed by the Senate," Hays said.. HAYS SAID he doubted wheth er any action of Flaek's bill would come before 'Feb.- 19 'For a bill to be voted on in the Senate it must be 'read three times and "this takes time." Hays said. Hays declined to comment on what he feels, will be the fate of the bill if it is presented on, the floor of the Senate. Lawrence has said imany times that he would veto any hill which would unbalance his .$1 billion fiscal budget. "I HAVEN'T ThiatED with Sen. Flack, se I don't know- if he plans to suggest Some way to 'finance his Increased appropria tion. If I offer a plan for grAting the University more money, I would definitely (Wir some sug gestions for a source. to finance the increase," Hays said FIVE CENTS
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